Random thoughts about a variety of subjects from a couple of middle-aged white guys who are not qualified to comment on much. Lack of credentials never stopped us from having a take before, nor will it now.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Brazilian priest carried away by party balloons

Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli of Brazil strapped himself into a chair tied to hundreds of party balloons and floated away. He was trying to raise money for a spiritual truck stop (WHAT?) in rural Brazil and hoped to set a new record for party-balloon-assisted flight. At last report he was headed out to sea. Rescue crews are looking for him.

Now, let's have a quick vote for the craziest sentence in the paragraph above. The winner may well be all of them.

I think the following video has additional details, but my Portuguese is not what it used to be...